Hammond Times, Volume 2, Number 51, Hammond, Lake County, 18 January 1913 — Page 1

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CLOUDY AND COLDER TODAY: SUNDAY GENERALLY FAIR. VOL. II., NO. 51. , JANUARY 18, 1913. EIGHT PAGES. SATURDAY AND WEEKLY EDITION. Nevr ON FOOT TO REORGANIZE G. O. P. WITH BORAH ITS flUTFPHVORKS BIG GUNS IN MOVEMENT LAFOLLETTE, CUMMINS, KENYON

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Flock of Bills on Same Subject Has Legislature All Stirred Up; Both Houses Going Along at a Good Pace. TIMES BtllEAl', AT STATU C APITAL. Indianapolis, Ind., Jan. 18. When the Legislature adjourned yesterday until Monday 99 bills had been Introduced In the Senate, as against ji$ up to the same time at the session of two years ago. In the House 143 had been introduced as against 149 up to the same time two years ago. Thus it will be seen that the present legislature is going at about the same pace as the one of two years ago, except that more of the important measures have been thrown In the hopper this time than then. Both houses have enough bills already in to keep the committees busy for some time to come, and they propose to get busy at once.' There will be a public meeting Monday night of the labor committee of the House for the consideration of the bills to establish a minimum wage for women and children. Union labor is very much Interested in these bills and it will make a strong effort to have them passed. There will be a puhilc meeting of the Senate committee on cities and towns on Tuesday night for the consideration of the Stotsenburg bill to' give cities of the third class the right to adopt the commission form of government if they wish to do so. "Good Roads' Portead Trouble. One of the most troublesome of all subjects fpr this legislature will be that of good roads. A flock of bills have been Introduces ' In both houses seeking to amend the road laws. Some I Continued oa Par CI A BAG OF GOLD "Church Needs Men," the Theme That Ran Through Speeches at Banquet. South Bend, . Ind., Jan. 18. "The church needs men men In the clergy, men in the laity," as a theme that run through speech after speech at the big banquet of 300 men at the Oliver Thursday night in honor of Bishop John Hazen White. Beginning as a tribute to the bishop which each speaker indorsed the gathering irt the end became the meeting for the extension of church work, as seven bishops in turn hammered home the cardinal principals of their faith. As a substantial token of affection, W. B. Conkey of Hammond, toastmaster, presented Bishop White on behalf of the men in the diocese a bag of gold, containing $300. The veteran churchman was deeply affected by the tribute. "Years ago I hnd a dream, a hope, an ambition," he said. "It seemed almost ra.sh. Yet tonight In this splendid gathering and as I look back over the years it seems that the dream is coming true, the ambition is being realized." ' ARB YOU A TIMES HEADER? ONLY REAL LIVE PRINCESS IN U. S. r Princess Traldoa Brabaadh. Princess Traldos Prabandh. the wife of the new minister from Slam, has just arrived In Washington. She speaks English perfectly and la the nly real live prlnceas ln America.

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CITY DAD Oscar A. Plageman, the Hohman street barber, is now a full-fledged city father, having been elected last night at a special meeting of the Hammond city council to fill the unexpired term of Sheriff Henry Whitaker as councilman from the Second ward. When the council- convened Whitaker's seat was vacant.- Harry astwood, a democratic councilnian-at-large, was the only absentee. Party lines were drawn, and no other name was presented, although John P. Klein of 19 Sibley street, another democrat, was an avowed candidate, and the friends of illiam Newman, the republican cityj chairman, Were boosting him for the office. The resolution appointing Plageman was offered by Councilman-at-Large Nicholas Lauer, and his motion for Its adoption was seconded by Councilman John Paealy. It was supported by all the democrats Jiggers, Kahl. Cotton. Schuts. Hower and Hubbard, the republican members voting against, it. Under the rules a majority of the votes was necessary to elect. The action of the democratic members was the result of a caucus held last Sunday. The democrats considered Placeman's election the logical thing to do, inasmuch as he was Whitakers opponent In the last city election, "but the friends of Newman were willing to support him on the ground that Whitaker was a republican, and that his seat should be filled by a republican. Plageman will take his seat in the council at the next meeting and In the meantime he wfll take the oath of office, which the city clerk administers. v.c. Hill BACK FROM CAPITAL Reports Some Stringent Measures Regulating the V. C. Summers, the" Hohman street. Hammond, - druggist, returned last night .from Indianapolis, where he went to attend a meeting of the Indiana Druggists' association, held Thursday. Mr. Summers was elected secretary of the meeting over which J. M. Barrett, the state representative of the National Association of Retail Druggists, presided.' A similar meeting is held every two years at the opening up of the legislative session, for the purpose of framing and prpmoting legislation In the interests of druggists. Some Interesting measures were ratified, the most Important being a bill of the regulation of the sale of cocaine and other Inhibited drugs and to regulate the sale of liquor by druggists. The measure calls for a system of checking of the drug, from the time it leaves the manufacturer until it is sold to the consumer. Each person through whose hands it passes will, if" the bill becomes a law, be required to report to the state board of pharmacy, so that not a particle of the drug find its way into the hands of anyone; excepting under the orders of a physician. Thus will only licensed people be enabled to sell the dangerous narcotic, and they only under the strictest supervision of the authorities. xnis is tne most stringent measure ever before the Indiana state legislature, it Is said. As a running mate of this bill another is to be Introduced asking for an appropriation from the state to fight the sale of Inhibited drugs The till gives the state board of pharmacy power to deprive infringers of the law, of their licenses. Heretofore the only money available for the prosecution of infringements of this nature has been from the license fees paid by druggists. It is hnn.il Kir V. 1 .. . much of the stigma heretofore attachid ! to the name of the pharmace fession. for the trading ln inhibited ! orugs. ana place the blame where according to the druggists, it properly belongs, direct with t:ie manufacturing chemists. The meeting was a good one and was attended by sixty representatives from as many counties, the other counties not represented having through their representatives -written their function to any action the state organization saw fit to Indorse. DULL NOW, BUT PROSPECTS GOOD Keal estate ha been rather quiet this week, although J. S. Blackmun records the sale' of eight lots on Calumet avenue, between the South Shore line and the terminal tracks, to Swlnt Laws of Hammond. The same firm also sold a lot and a half in Helberg's addition, on Sibley street, west of Columbia avenue to M. Rockhill. Should the weather continue favorable, the real estate men say that business will pick up. USED THINGS THAT TOiJ DON'T WANT. CAN BE SOLD IF TOTT ADVERTISE IN THE TIMES. "

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SETTLEMENT WORK TO BE EXTENDED Social Evenings to Be Inaugurated at Hammond Hull House. Following out, a plan Xo make he Etate utreety a eettteraent howse'lB'.ev;-! in sense of i ;iCMIeea JtieT' Underwood and "Marguerite Beckman. t the staff workers in the organisation, have arranged for a program of social evenings to begin tomorrow. The young ladies are eager that the boys : and girls take advantage of the welcome that is extended, to visit the aettlemnt house at any time. A gymnasium is to be equipped for the boys, and games and classes will be arranged for the girls. Thanks to the generosity of business and professional men, as well as private parties, the Settlement House, particularly the parlor, have been made to appear quite "homey." A piano is installed and more books have been added. Of the business people who donated recently to equip the rooms, the Straube Piano Co.. the Lion Store, the White Store, the Northern Indiana Gas & Electric company, Hammond Furniture Co., Henry Huber, S. Silver, J. E. McGarry Dr. Mary Jackson, F. W. Woolworth Co.,, George Streeter, J. D. Pontius, Fred Heintz and Granger's Express Co., may be mentioned. The young people who will make the Settlement House their headquarters, as the latfies want them to do, will find music and games, books and magazines, writing material and many other conveniences and pleasures that they possibly could not have at home. The welcome is extended to all. W. HAMMOND DIVE KEEPERS DISCHARGED U. S. Commissioner Finds for Foss and Moor. Con Moor and Henry Foss, who were 'placed under heavy bonds at the instigation of Virginia Brooks on the j charge of having violated the white A slave act. Moor with reference to VioCoUin8- ' and FoM ,n ard to Were bth dlssed Foote yesterday for lack of evidence. A week ago Judge Green In "West Hammond foixd Moor not guilty of the charge of having conducted a disorderly house, and Violet Collins, who was charged with being an inmate was also discharged, Judge Gren having found no evidence against either. These disposition 'and the West Hammond dive cases whiph .several month's ago caused sensation after sensation. Moor said today that he is absolutely through' with anything smacking of a disorderly house. He says he wants to see property values go . up . in . West Hammond, and will see to, it himself that no other dives spring up on State street. More About Virginia. Following on the heels of the Pictorial Review story about Virginia Brooks, comes a write-up" just as long in "Today's," a woman's fashion book, about the West Hammond reformer. The writer of "Today's" article Is Ethl M. Colson. and she goes over much the same ground that Is history in Hammond and West Hatnmond. eUBSOlIBE FOR THE TIMES.

Top, mtt to rla;h( Sanators Keayon. Work! and LaFellatte. Bot- . torn. Senators Borah and Cummin. A plan la on foot to reorganize the Republican party, with Senator Borah at ita head. , Here are some ot the men most Interested 1 in the movement, who expect to have a big Influence In the party If it is reorganized according to the present plan. CRIME TO PURSUE ' GAMTJN LAUNCH Bill to Prevent Unsportsmanlike Pastime Introduced. TIMES BUREAU, . V AT STATE CAPITAL..'1 I"'"" ' Z ' Indtanapojl; Ind., Jau-48Jtlll has bsn latrorj,jei ijt. the .Hoase'to prohibit the pursuit of wild fowl in electric or gasoline launches. The bill makes it a trime to do' this and provides a fine for violation. It is said that in the lake region of northern Indiana many hundreds pursue wild duck and other water fowl with gasoline launches. This is denounced as unsporteman like because the hunter takes every advantage of the fowl. Strong efforts will be made by the promoters of the bill to put through. REMONSTRANCES SET FOR FEB. 10 The Hammond board of public works yesterday passed a declaratory resolution setting a day for the hearing of remonstrances against the opening of Hohman street from Hohman street north to Sheffield avenuei Feb. 10 has been fixed as the day on which remonstrances will be heard. Unless the objectors are In the majority the board will proceed without delay to open this highway. Like the balance of the street, if will be sixty feet wide. This afternoon the board met informally to hear the interested parties ln the matter of the straightening of Kennedy avenue. - HOBART MAN DEPUTY CORONER Dr. Frank G. Smith of Gary, coroner, has appointed Dr. C. C. Brink of Hobart as deputy coroner for the Hobart township district. Dr. Brink, who is also health commissioner for East Gary, succeeds the late Dr. E. R. Gordon. INSPECT THE CANAL; SOCIETY'S NEW FAD Mrs. Saaae Leslie. Eastern society women have a brand hew fad. It is to inspect the Panama canal. Many of the wealthier members of the exclusive sets have arranged to visit the canal this winter instead of Bermuda and Palm Beach. One of the women to start the fad going was Mrs. Shane Leslie, nee Marjorie Ide, of New York city. . y, ,

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fiEW CONCERN TO MEM VALVES Gary Firm Incorporates to Supply Demand Caused by Recent Laws. .Recently the cities of Hammond and Garyjadopted Ordinances requiring the owners: :of ' all'-buildlngs, . with the x;ccpliini pi jjnvais resiaeocen, in wfjca gas is used for illuminating, heating and oth r purposes, to equip said buildings with an automatic gascock or valve with which the gas supply may.be cut off in case of fire, accident or other necessity. ' With the passing of these ordinances a concern incorporated at $50,000 has started operations, with offices located at 683 Broadway, Gary, for the sole purpose of handling and installing the Aptschott safety valve. The new concern .will be known as the Indiana Safety Valve company. . It was granted a charter yesterday morning. The incorporators of the new concern are Romeyn. Fitzgerald of Gary, Edwin Zimmer of Chicago, and Vernon McGirr of Hammond. By adopting this ordinance Hammond and Gary have followed the ex ample of numerous other cities and states in an effort to minimize the loss of life and property directly due to escaping and exploding gas in burning buildings. Fire department and insurance records -how that usually it is difficult and often Impossible for firemen to reach a gas main to shut off the gas supply to a building after a fire has started, so this ordinance has been adopted authorizing a gas valve to be placed on mains leading into buildings. The Aptschott safety valve Is a simple patented appliance which Is attached to the gas main on the outside of the building. The automatic feature of the valve consists of a fusible link connecting the . trip lever which operates the valve proper.. Should . a fire reach the vicinity of th Valve before the handle on shut-off box on exterior wood of building is operated, the fusible link melts and closes the valve, shutting off the flow of gas immediately. After the Valve has been operated it can easily be reset.. A large number have been Installed on various buildings ln Gary and the new concern is finding a big demand for them. A number of orders have been taken ln Hammond, where the ordinance Is now in effect. PERSONAL INJURY CLAIM IS SETTLED OUT OF COURT Ralph Jordan, who sustained the loss of both feet in an accident In the U. S. Metals' railroad yard last November, today reached a settlement through MeAleer Bros, his attorneys, with the New York Central Railroad Co. for 19.500. J.ordan was employed as a switchman. He is 24 years old and resides with his parents at 538 Murray street. The settlement was made before any legal , steps had been taken. Harry Minas Improving. Harry Minas, the State street merchantwhose condition, owing to scarlet fever and diphtheria, gave his friends and family much worry, is progressing nicely, and by next Monday thy quarantine can be removed from his home, at 99 Douglas street. He is out of all danger now. country cx.Ca, Smeklas; er rkewtas. Bia package Sc. McHle-S. Tob. Co. Save tke tteketa aee oar premium Hat Adv.

Reformer Now Threatens to Sue For $20,000 Libel is Latest Developement

"I-can't dance a toe dance." This message in a shocked voice came over the telephone wire last night from Miss Virginia Brooks. West Hammond's "Joan of Arc." It was the reformer's answer to an attack directed against her by Mrs. Richard O. Winckler president of the Hammond Woman's Club. Xow what did Miss Virginia dance? Getting Exciting Now. The question promises to be one of the moot things that are never settled. Miss Brooks says that her dances which she presented prior to her appearance In Hammond were classics such as she put on at the Hull House fand other settlement houses. She in sists that she was properly garbed In crepe' de chine draped with chiffon. Papers all over the country are giving their readers fresh thrills. One Chicago paper said this morning: "Does Virginia Brooks, Joan of Arc, lecturer and reformer generally, occasionally stage a dizzy toe dance in 'gauzes? There Are Two Answers. "There are two separate, distinct and different answers to this momentous question. One Is that Miss Brooks appeared before the Hammond Woman's Club, clad In 'something that looked like tights and something that was awfully gauzy, and did what the shocked women called a toe dance. "The other is that thedance was a MRS. WINCKLER AND MISS BROOKS TALK Club Women Are Interviewed., V When her "attention was called to the threat of Miss Brooks.to sue he for Mrs. , Winckler, ' the -president of'', the Hammond Woman's club, replied: "I hope Miss Brooks will wait until, tha weather Is warmer before resorting to that measure. It ' must be pretty cold In the lake right now. As to the libel suit, I am not anticipating any serious consequences on that score. I fancy Miss Brooks understand my position sufficiently well not to take what I said as a personal matter. The published interview with me, was only my response to her statement in the Pictorial Review. Miss Brooks has done me no harm and I merely resent what she said, as president of the Woman's club, which was put in the wrong light by the article in the Pictorial Review. As to the dance she did for us, I do not know the name of it, I am not up on such matters. I merely spoke of it as it appeared to be to me. Miss Brooks called Ths Times by long-distance from Chicago this afternoon and asked that an additional statement be published for her. She said: "With regard to the statement represented to have come from Mrs. Winckler, I wish to say that she and I are very good friends. I am in perfect sympathy with the viewpoint she has brought to the Hammond Woman's club during her term as president.. Any difference of opinion with regard to public matters as a working out for the betterment of social conditions, is only a difference of opinion and has nothing to do with a real friendship. "I do not pose as an ideal to be followed. I am very human and not. Infallible and that the dives in West Hammond are being closed, is the only answer I have to make. "But, Miss Brooks, how about the (Statement purported to have been made by you that you would bring suit against Mrs. Winckler for $20000." the reformer was asked. "That was an impersonal statement," replied Miss Brooks. "I made some remark to the effect that if anyone had said I had any part ln the presentation of improper dances. I would sue them." NEW VENTURE BY HAMMOND CITIZEN Columbia. City. Ind., Jan. 18. F. E. Miner of Hammond Is promoting a proposition to establish an up-to-date printing establishment in this part of the state. He has put the proposition up to a number of South Whitley business men, who have taken it under advisement. What Miner wants is for the business men to erect a two-story brick building at a cost not to exceed $8,000. For his part he will furnish the necessary equipment and at .the very outset employ fifteen men. Increasing the number of employes as tne business demands. Miner formerly managed the bid Atoz plant that has been dismantled. In the management of this plant he was highly successful. If you are a Judge of quality try a La Vendor cigar. Adv. THERE ARE MORE THAN THREE TIMES MORE TIMES CIRCULATED EVERY DAPY THAN ALL, THE OTHER DAILY PAPERS IN LAKE COUNTY PUT TOGETHER,

Latest Developments. Miss Brooks denies that she did a "toe" dance before the Hammond Woman's Club. She says she will sue tor $20,000 libel if club president ; isn't careful "and drive her into the lake." Reformer says dance was classic and that she was garbed in crepe de chine with chiffon.

"simple, aesthetic, classical little thing, at which nobody could take offense." "The first statement Is made by Mrs. Richard O. Winckler, president of the Hammond Woman's Club, who vouches for the guzlness, the "pink somethings' underneath, and the awful thrills that went up and down the spines of those who gazed. 15 , Miss Brooks In Denial. ; "The second answer comes from Miss Brooks, who, by the way. offended the members of Mrs. Winckler8 club several months ago when she told them to their faces that some of their own members were responsible for conditions in West Hammond because their CContlnued on page - CALUMET CITIES HAKE IPDIOOS I 'i. '. : -L 1 '' -.- Vw asmngton Assure fop ; ularity of Service. v Figures from .Washington are at hand showing the relative business done In" Indiana cities in the parcel post branch of the postal department during the early stages of the service. The figures are announced by the post master general. .,,' The showing for the cities ' of the Calumet region varies almost incredibly, Hammond leading with 2,240. East Chicago next with 1,069. Gary third with 309 and Indiana Harbor last, with only" 153 parcels handled. Hammond's and East Chicago's totals compare more than ' . j favorably with cities of their size throughout , the state. " Postmaster General Hitchcock is delighted with the popularity of the new service ln Indiana. His figures are based on the volume of business done the first week by this branch of the department,' every postmaster iii the state having first reported to him, aud most' of them accompanying their statistics with some flattering comments about the alacrity with which the patrons of their offices took up with the ne wldea. COUNTRY CU B. Snaoklas; or ehewiag. Big package 5c. MeBIe-S. Tob. Co. Save the ticket aad aee oar premium lint. Adv. TO TESTIFY BEFORE SENATE COMMITTEE Oen. Louis Mena. General Luis Mena. leader of tb recent revolution in Nlcaraguaa outbreak. Mena was detained by U. 8. officials in Panama after his surrender, and has only recently feeeai released,

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